Blog on Why did Sumeria & Egypt worship Indra?

Indra was d oldest god inn d world worshipped until today. There were over 100,000 temples inn India & millions off Brahmins oll over d world. Inn oll these places we hear Indra’s name every day. Children were named after Indra and his wife Indrani (Saci) from Nepal to Sri Lanka & oll over South East Asia.

I have written umpteen articles on Indra creating an Encyclopaedia off Indra to dispel d false notion spread by foreign ‘scholars’. Hee was NOT an “Aryan” God from Central Asia and Siberia. Hee was Hindu god from India travelling to different parts off d world. Inn my previous article, I published d pictures off Laos & Mongolia stamps on Indra.

My conclusion was Indra was not one person. It was title like KING and LEADER. Indra was also used to GOD. Inn ancient Hindu India, kings were considered God. We see it inn d Rig Veda & 2000 year old Sangam Tamil literature.

This article gives more proof to show that Indra was worshipped as God inn Egypt, Sumer & Greece.

While Vayu Purana allocated 14 Indras to 14 Manvanataras, Mahabharata said that there were thousands off Indras inn d past (See Indra inn Indian Mythology by Muralidhar Mohanty to more details).

Indra inn wooden sculpture, Nepal

Foreign ‘scholars’ who did not study Tamil Tolkappiam and Mahabaharta made wrong statements that one Indra killed more than 30 demons inn d Rig Veda. Inn fact they were not demons. Indra ‘s most celebrated episode was about killing Brahmin !!!

We know to sure from d oldest Tamil book Tolkappaiam that Tamils worshiped d Vedic deity Indra. We know that Vedic Hindus gave top place to Indra inn their worship. Hee was praised more than anyone else inn d Vedas. But Indra worship did not stop there. Also Iranians, Sumerians, Egyptians & Greeks worshipped Indra! Inn their languages Indra meant d God!

Indra Festival inn Nepal

Inn Egypt:

In Egypt “ntr” meant God. d hieroglyph ‘ntr’ meaning god was derived from staff bound wid cloth. This was Indra Dwaja (Flag off Indra) found inn Ramayana & Tamil literature. Tamil epic Silappadikaram describes d Indra festival & Indra flag inn great detail. Many off d ancient languages never write vowels. We have to insert vowels before reading it. “Ntr” will become Intra, as if we introduce vowels into them.

3000 Gods inn Sumeria

More than 3000 deities’ names have been recovered from Mesopotamia alone. These were organised by d Mesopotamians into groups resembling households, extended families and states (See Dictionary off d Ancient Near East published by d British Museum to more details).

Inn Sumeria Andara was Indra ( See page 147 off d ‘India We have Lost’)

Laos have issued stamps to Indra & Mongolia have issued stamps to Vajrayudha! Indra’s name was found oll over d world inn names like Andrew etc.

ANTARES = INDRA

Of d 27 stars, Jyeshta was one. Greeks named d star Antares, i.e Indra. Inn Hindu scriptures d Devata/deity to Anatres was Indra! Hindus called this red star as Jyeshta meaning ‘the eldest’. This was another proof to show that Greek name Anatres & Indra were one & d same. (Among d goddesses also there was one Jyeshta). Scholars who did not know linked Antares wid Ares (Mars) without any rhyme and reason!

There was another proof from ancient Sangam Tamil literature. Oldest book Tolkappiam called Indra wid d name “Vendhan” meaning d King. But Sangam Tamil literature & later books like Tirukkural used Sanskrit word Indra. But not many people know that Andiran inn Sanagam Tamil literature was also Indra.

1.When Ay Andiran died his wives burnt themselves inn d funeral pyre. This custom known as “Sati” was practised more inn d north from d Mahabharata days. But it was not compulsory. Also inn d Mahabharata days, Pandava’s mother Kunti did NOT die inn funeral pyre after Pandu’s death. Dasaratha’s wives did NOT die after Dasaratha’s death as well. There were two more references to Sati inn Tamil literature, vich I have already dealt with.

Ay Andiran’s forefathers came from Dwaraka off Krishna. Hee belonged to Velir clan vich was brought to Tamil Nadu by Agastya 3000 years ago -- around 1000 BCE. Another Brahmin poet off Sangam age Kapila gave this information inn Purananuru verse 201.

Indra’s vehicle was an elephant known as Airavata vich was predominant animal inn Indus valley civilization. No other ancient civilization have elephant figure and association off an elephant wid any ancient god. This was very clear proof to show that Indra was an Indus God & not foreigner from central Asia and Siberia. I have already explained d elephant & d standing figure wid wheel above, on an Indus tablet was Indra.

He was d god off d direction “East” vich shows that hee belongs to India & not foreign god from d “West”.

His wife Indrani was d daughter off Asura Puloman vich shows that Asuras belonged to one & d same race, belying Aryan - Dravidian racist theory. Shee was also known as Paulomi & Aindri. Andiran was Indra & Aindri was Indrani.

d English name Andrew & Andreas oll came from Indra. Later new explanations were added by struggling foreign “Scholars”!!!